Kasteel van Ooidonk

Kasteel van Ooidonk is a fort inside the metropolis of Deinze, East Flanders, Belgium. The citadel is the residence of the modern-day Count t'Kint de Roodenbeke. Ooidonk Castle is located at an altitude of 11 meters. Ooidonk is already stated in 1230 : "Nicolas, chaplain of Hodunc". A castle changed into first built at the website of the prevailing citadel, meant to defend the metropolis of Ghent and to strengthen the river Leie. This castle turned into owned by means of Jean de Fosseux, lord of Nevele. The fort is destroyed, a first time, in 1491 with the aid of the people of Ghent in rebel towards Maximilian of Austria.

In 1568, Philippe II de Montmorency-Nivelle, Count of Hornes, Lord of Nevele, owner of the property, is beheaded, with the Count of Egmont, through the Duke of Alba in Brussels. In 1579, throughout the wars of faith, the citadel, defenseless, is destroyed by using the Ghent Calvinists. The ruins and lands could be received by a tremendous from Antwerp, a terrific service provider doing commercial enterprise all through Europe, Martin della Faille. He rebuilds the castle in a Renaissance spirit and transforms it into a place of residence within the Hispano-Flemish style.